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Accountability Watch Committee calls out attempts of impunity in TJ bill

Kathmandu: A day after major political parties of Nepal—Nepali Congress, CPN-UML and Maoist Center—stood together on the transitional justice bill in an apparent bid to resolve the conflict-era cases, Accountability Watch Committee has objected to the bill and asked for immediate correction.

Unlike in the past, government’s bid to amend the TJ Act has not met with much opposition, neither at home front nor at the international front.

The Accountability Watch Committee, however, has taken strong exception to the attempts for impunity in the name of political consensus.

The AWC, by issuing a statement on Friday, has said that the bill to amend the Disappearances Enquiry, Truth and Reconciliation Commission Act contains serious errors and has called on the authorities concerned to correct those errors before the bill is endorsed by the federal Parliament.

On Thursday, the task force formed to study the bill to amend TRC Act (2079) had submitted its report to the government. Soon after, Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, flanked by Congress president Sher Bahadur Deuba and Maoist Center chair Pushpa Kamal Dahal, announced consensus on transitional justice bill. “Eighteen years after the Comprehensive Peace Agreement, major political parties have finally agreed on the transitional justice bill,” Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli wrote on social media platform X on Thursday. “Once passed in this parliamentary session, commissions will be formed to transform our painful past into peace.”

[Related: Major parties stand together on Transitional Justice Bill]